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Where it is expected that the government will cap the unit rate so that the typical household energy bill will be limited to £2500. if they go ahead with that, £500 higher than now, but it had been expected to go as high as £3500 from next month. how could they do that? it is thought there could be a pot of money that the energy suppliers, the people who deliver the bill to your door back, they would be able to take money from the government so that they can still afford to pay the high gas w...

Why dont we reduce any standing charges because you mark this is how the price cap actually has two different bits it controls. one is that daily charge for electricity and gas and the unit rate which depends on how much we use be standing charge and re—numerator has gone upon identity. there are fixed costs that are required to flow into our bills and that is what the standing charges for. but it has also gone up to reflect some of the supplier failures and other things that has gone wrong in...

When they are making very big profits on top of that. now, the changes were making today to make sure that the change in price regulation can keep up with the change in the market. it does mean as costs go up, yes the price couple change more frequently, but also costs come down those prices will come down more quickly as well. what we are doing is trying to make sure that customer interests are protected in what ultimately is a very challenging market for everyone. lets speak to justina miltien...

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I do not care whats on it. im going to pay attention to the debates and the convention speeches. but it isnt just about the presidential elections. this is about the senate and congressional elections. and these candidates do have, you know, coat tails. and they are going to bring candidates along with them. one of the things that is a very technical point but its an important one. candidates are allowed to spend by lowest unit rate the dollars for advertising six days out before an election, wh...

Again, romney was involved in this transaction, and kb toys when they filed for bankruptcy, they didnt cite the debt. they cited the terrible retail environment for toys. >> congressman frost, obviously youve run for office, and these super pacs often run these attack ads that the candidates may not run themselves, even though conversely they deny it. so what -- if a candidate is serious about this, and we saw the republicans acting very serious last night, what can they do? >> well, theres not ...

is responding. well take you live to afghanistan. also, no holds bard in south carolina. the candidates unleashing brutal attacks trying to stop mitt romney from steam rolling straight to the nomination. will it work? newt gingrich who said, im not going to go negative. heres what he said. >> this is going to be armageddon. they will come in here with everything theyve got, every surrogate, every ad, every negative attack. >> wait, wait, what happened to the im not going to go negati...